Star Alliance is the first and largest airline alliance in the world and was founded in 1997 by five airlines: Lufthansa, Thai Airways, United Airlines, Air Canada, and Scandinavian Airlines. Presently, Star Alliance has 24 active members and maintains headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.

Star Alliance has 3332 aircrafts that serve more than 500 million passengers around the world annually. The alliance pulls in an average annual revenue of $140 million USD. With 24 member airlines, Star Alliance has a workforce of almost 400,000. Star Alliance flies 17,000 times daily and lands at 916 airports in 160 countries across the globe.

Member airlines carry the official Star Alliance livery that features a white fuselage and the Star Alliance signature, although Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand have the Star Alliance logo on the aircraft’s tail instead.

Michael Filippone has traveled throughout Europe, Latin America and Asia. Each year he travels several hundred thousand miles. He regularly visits Singapore for business and has a great love of the Orient. His favorite things are morning runs in big cities and getting lost. He has a great passion for all things that are water-sport related: paddle surfing, surfing, free diving, fishing, rowing… Here you will find his musings on everything from where to go get lost on a jungle adventure to a road-trip in Thailand to a romantic cruise weaving through the Indonesian archipelago. Here too are hand-selected articles penned for him by writers he likes on the best places to go from Singapore. As well as being one of the key drivers behind setting up Singapore.com, he runs and part-owns Asia.com – a travel site on all things happening in the wider region. Michael is known to be fond of skipping rope and other than the odd beer, his preferred beverage is coconut water. He loves to fish and play volleyball with his children. He trained as an Olympic rower and loves to see his children find their way in sports and life.